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Mike Caulfield
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press 2023). Researcher, infolit/online rumor. Day job in academic tech.
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Of all the people I've talked to about this over the years, I think Lifehacker nailed the headline best -- stop watching the video for "signs", start asking if you know who took it, where, and when. lifehacker.com/how-to-spot-...

How to Spot a Deepfake Without Even Watching the Video
How to Spot a Deepfake Without Even Watching the Video

Deepfakes are videos that glue one person’s face onto another’s body, making the former look like they’re saying or doing something that they never actually did—even if it’s something as har...

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Yes. I’m not remotely qualified to evaluate photos or videos for signs of manipulation. I’m much more qualified to evaluate the sources of those photos & videos for their credibility.

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If you do this, you'll not only be protected against the small number of AI fakes, but the exponentially larger number of miscontextualized videos, as I talk about here. www.poynter.org/fact-checkin...

The dominating threat has instead been real footage used out of context. The vast majority of images and videos fact-checkers have debunked during the war have included footage from other countries like Syria or Turkey, and the past, like this video that was actually from a previous conflict in Gaza.

“There’s just a lot of stuff out there to misrepresent when it comes to wars, whether it’s footage of this conflict, of previous conflicts, or for that matter video game conflicts,” said Mike Caulfield, a research scientist at the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. “Wars are densely documented things, which means if you are looking for media to misrepresent there’s plenty of choices.”
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Mike Caulfield
@mikecaulfield.bsky.social
Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press 2023). Researcher, infolit/online rumor. Day job in academic tech.
4.2k followers1.1k following4.4k posts